Austromitra | |
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Austromitra analogica tatei | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Austromitra Finlay, 1926 |
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Austromitra is a genus of sea snails in the family Costellariidae.[1] They are small carnivorous marine gastropod mollusks, most of which are less than 15 mm in length. They live on hard substrates, intertidally and to a depth of at least 1000 m. The genus is found in southern Africa, southern Australia, New Caledonia, and New Zealand.[2]